The Disaster Recovery (DR) Site Manager provides subject matter expertise and management level oversight and governance for all DR related activities being performed at a major Regeneron site.

Ensures that all corporate-defined DR standards and practices are being followed at a site level and adjusts approach, as needed, based on any unique business challenges or strategies at their respective location.

Supports site-wide DR Planning tasks and activities such as BIA, DR Remediation, Testing, and Production Recoveries by working closely with the local business unit management teams, Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and other key stakeholders who participate in IT system implementation, management, and support activities.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supports the Corporate DR Director and assists with other DR site leads to develop and enhance DR practices that are applicable across all sites.

Under the direction of the Corporate DR Director, develops and maintains any unique site requirements that pertain to the specific business operations at a particular site.

Represents the DR Team in support of site level processes such as major incident, disaster declaration, and system recovery at their respective site.

Leads site level and corporate support teams in the recovery from actual disasters occurring within their site.

Provides local governance and support for internally developed best practices and processes defined in DR Planning and related Policies and SOP's.

Helps identify when approved Policies and SOP's need to be modified or enhanced based on changes within Regeneron's business or technical environments.

Works with the DR Team, local SME's and QA to define suitable changes to established process and procedures, Policies, and SOP's.

Provides oversight and support for proposed site level changes that impact existing DR strategies such as those impacting Data Center facilities management systems, major changes to IT infrastructure design, changes to network carrier services, and localized facilities expansion and relocation plans.

Works with local business management teams and leverages BIA methodologies to facilitate business process identification and assesses risk and impact associated with downtime using Regeneron's standard impact criteria.

Aligns system recovery requirements and levels of DR planning based on the BIA output.

Serves as DR liaison for the local PMO and project teams to assist in DR planning within projects and new, or replacement, system implementations, upgrades, etc.